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"i r' IX I TV a chance to see the rfelinhtfi il Russ Tamblyn has focusingon the first atomic bomb. 9 p.m. Angry history In the second half of its Edward R. Murrow profile, "American Masters" looks at his confrontation with McCarthyism, and at the dark years that followed. 9 p.m.

Tuesday Movie Remember BoarsHead Theater's hit comedy, "Educating Here's street pilot runs at p.m. on channels 3 and 6. CBS rejected it so ABC belatedly hired her for a TV version of "Look Who's Talking." More comedy "New Attitude begins its summertime run, with Sheryl Lee Ralph and Moms Day in a comedy set in a beauty salon. The show then sides into a Friday slot. 9:30 p.m.

movie, superbly played by Julie Walters and Michael Caine. 8 p.m. Documentary Jane Pauley has another round of "Real Life," ranging from crime to disc jockeys. 10p.m. Wednesday Comedy Connie Sellecca's failed "Mulberry Teak' performance Role lets actor return to the spotlight On TV Catch the biggest savings cn new Fall UviV now! Our entire stock c.i sale! Sale 16.99 Reg 23 99 Levi's Unwashed Jeans.

505's and 517 Sizes 29-42. r.i. io on By MIKE HUGHES Lansing State Journal few years ago, three old friends were careening i-throueh the world of unemployment. Dennis Hopper, Dean Stockwell and Russ Tamblyn had much in common. They started fast and scored big.

Then they turned the '60s into a near-obsession. Eventually, their lives and careers were wobbling. "We were all out there, looking for work together," Tamblyn recalls. Hopper and Stockwell found it. inanKS to meaty roles in the David Lynch movie "Blue Velvet." Tamblyn flailed.

"I figured that maybe two out of three wasn't bad," "I had resigned Tamblyn myself to thinking that I would always be known as Russ Tamblyn of 'West Side Story He's not anymore. He's now iir-stantly spotted as the mad psychiatrist on "Twin Peaks," which returns Sunday. And it was Lynch, again, who revived his career. Tamblyn was 1 1 when he co-starred in "The Boy With Green Hair," a 1948 classic that starred Stockwell. He went on to make two towering movie musicals, the 1954 "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" and the '61 "West Side Story." Then he simpjy quit "In the 1 10.

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Original movie reruns at 9 p.m. Sunday; hourlong episodes rerun at 10 p.m. Saturdays. Season-opener will be Sept. 30.

early '60s, I just dropped out I turned down movies, 'Gilligan's everything." The lost childhood had left holes in his soul, he says. For years, he stuck to artwork. "You can delve into the darkness you can't reach by acting." When he returned, he found himself mostly in bad movies. "It was pretty disheartening. The worst was when the agents got a directive for a guy in his mid-40s, a Russ Tamblyn type.

I went and I didn't get it" Lynch promised to put him in his next project, but Tamblyn assumed that was idle chatter. Suddenly, he was cast in "Twin Peaks" without an audition. He got to keep his salt-and-pep-per beard and even added a personal touch sunglasses with one red lens and one blue. Much later, he was told that such glasses have been tested at UCLA, to see if they have a calming effect. "I do feel pretty relaxed at the end of the day, so maybe they work." Or maybe it's just relaxing to return to stardom, after a 29-year pause.

Saturday Comedy Be wary, folks. Just before the splendid "Golden Girls," NBC has unearthed a fresh episode of the oft-awful "13 East. 8:30 Laughs, cops Fox is nudging "Cops" to its new 9 p.m. slot. To get us ready, it's rerunning an hour of standup comics at 8.

Sunday Dark doings The two-hour "Twin Peaks" opener dark, elusive, fascinating and consumately crafted reruns. 9 p.m. SS Rock spectacle Madonna closes her "Blonde Ambition" tour with a live concert at 9 p.m. It's only on HBO, so find someone who has the pay-cable channel. Monday Stem history of the Ahe6" is a sobering and richly crafted new film.

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8 p.m. (33 Drama-comedy i In its first three weeks, "Northern Exposure" has emerged as the summer's best surprise. 10 p.m. CD Friday Sports As the Goodwill Games continue on cable's WTBS, there's a Tiger-Red Sox game at 7:30 p.m. on channels 3, 6 and 12.

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